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1947ref. 163341Los Angeles: Paramount Pictures 1947. Vintage publicity photograph from the 1948 film showing actress Marlene Dietrich. Mimeo snipe on the verso. An Iowa congresswoman enlists an American army captain to assist her in an investigation of a former Nazi entertainer in postwar Berlin. Unbeknownst to the congresswoman however the captain and the entertainer are engaged in an affair leading the captain to seduce the congresswoman in an attempt to hide his conflicting motives. Nominated for two Academy Awards. Shot on location in Berlin. 8 x 10 inches. About Near Fine. Selby US. Selby UK. Paramount Pictures unknown books
1961ref. 143258Hollywood: Paramount Pictures / Pennebaker Productions 1961. Four vintage oversize double weight matte finish photographs from the 1961 film. Based on the 1956 novel "The Authentic Death of Hendry Jones" by Charles Neider. Marlon Brando's only directorial effort after his production company fired original screenwriter Sam Peckinpah and director Stanley Kubrick and he rewrote the script first with Calder Willingham then with Guy Tropser. Nominated for an Academy Award. Photographs roughly 13.5 x 9 inches one with a wide bottom margin to 13.5 x 10.5 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 884. Paramount Pictures / Pennebaker Productions unknown
1961ref. 143258Hollywood: Paramount Pictures / Pennebaker Productions 1961. Four vintage oversize double weight matte finish photographs from the 1961 film. Based on the 1956 novel "The Authentic Death of Hendry Jones" by Charles Neider. Marlon Brando's only directorial effort after his production company fired original screenwriter Sam Peckinpah and director Stanley Kubrick and he rewrote the script first with Calder Willingham then with Guy Tropser. Nominated for an Academy Award. Photographs roughly 13.5 x 9 inches one with a wide bottom margin to 13.5 x 10.5 inches. Near Fine. Criterion Collection 884. Paramount Pictures / Pennebaker Productions unknown books
1977ref. 115615Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1977. Revised Draft script for the 1977 film. Based on the 1977 novel by Earl Mac Rauch. Tan wrappers with white designed titles bearing the name of the production company ICM International Creative Management. Title page present with a date of April 14 1976 and screenwriter credit for Earl Mac Rauch. 159 leaves mechanical duplication title printed in block letters on the spine in black ink. Pages and wrappers Near Fine wrapper showing a few small stains. Hirschhorn p. 407. United Artists unknown
1977ref. 115615Beverly Hills CA: United Artists 1977. Revised Draft script for the 1977 film. Based on the 1977 novel by Earl Mac Rauch. Tan wrappers with white designed titles bearing the name of the production company ICM International Creative Management. Title page present with a date of April 14 1976 and screenwriter credit for Earl Mac Rauch. 159 leaves mechanical duplication title printed in block letters on the spine in black ink. Pages and wrappers Near Fine wrapper showing a few small stains. Hirschhorn p. 407. United Artists unknown books
1959ref. 151144London: J. Arthur Rank 1959. Treatment script for an unproduced film circa 1959. Not to be confused with the 1972 BBC mini-series based on the same literary source. Based on Mary McMinnies' 1958 novel which follows the adventures of a pleasantly immoral young woman who has recently been relocated with her English Foreign Service husband to a Communist-run eastern European country. Gray titled wrappers noted as Treatment on the front wrapper dated 18-3-59. Title page present with credits for screenwriter JOHN MORTIMER and novel credits to Mary MacMinnies sic. 48 leaves with last page of text numbered 46. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Very Good plus wrapper Very Good plus bound internally with a gold prong. J. Arthur Rank unknown
1952ref. 155081Paris: Columbia Pictures 1952. Collection of 20 vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1952 film. One photograph with the stamp of Columbia Pictures on the verso. Based on three short stories by Guy de Maupassant: "Le Masque" 1889 "La Maison Tellier" 1881 and "Le Modele" 1883. An exploration of pleasure and its repercussions. Set and shot on location in Paris and Calvados France. 9.75 x 7.25 inches. Very Good plus with light edgewear and creasing at the corners. Criterion Collection 444. Columbia Pictures unknown books
1974ref. 163967N.p.: N.p. 1974. Collection of 13 vintage oversize borderless color reference photographs from the 1974 French erotic film. Typed labels affixed to the recto corners noting the film's French title and an over-18 rating. A taxi driver falls for a seductive passenger and follows her to an erotic club where he enjoys a series of sexual encounters with various women. Director Max Pécas worked as a screenwriter director and producer through the late twentieth century and while he is today best remembered for directing "La main noire" 1968 and "Felicia" 1975 much of his filmography has been recently released in a new restoration by the curated label Cult Epics in the US and 88 Films in the UK resulting in a wave of renewed interest. 9.25 x 12 inches. Near Fine. 88 Films. Pitts pp. 189-190. N.p. unknown
1974ref. 163967N.p.: N.p. 1974. Collection of 13 vintage oversize borderless color reference photographs from the 1974 French erotic film. Typed labels affixed to the recto corners noting the film's French title and an over-18 rating. A taxi driver falls for a seductive passenger and follows her to an erotic club where he enjoys a series of sexual encounters with various women. Director Max Pécas worked as a screenwriter director and producer through the late twentieth century and while he is today best remembered for directing "La main noire" 1968 and "Felicia" 1975 much of his filmography has been recently released in a new restoration by the curated label Cult Epics in the US and 88 Films in the UK resulting in a wave of renewed interest. 9.25 x 12 inches. Near Fine. 88 Films. Pitts pp. 189-190. N.p. unknown books
1974ref. 166113N.p.: N.p. 1974. Five vintage transparencies from the 1974 film. Mel Brooks' slapstick homage to the Western in which an escaped African-American railroad construction worker becomes the sheriff in an all-white town and must protect it from politicians and railroad tycoons looking to raze it. A satire on the racism and misogyny inherent in Hollywood's depiction of the American West among many other targets. Nominated for three Academy Awards. Set in the fictional frontier town of Rock Ridge shot on location in California. 5 x 4 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. N.p. unknown
1974ref. 166113N.p.: N.p. 1974. Five vintage transparencies from the 1974 film. Mel Brooks' slapstick homage to the Western in which an escaped African-American railroad construction worker becomes the sheriff in an all-white town and must protect it from politicians and railroad tycoons looking to raze it. A satire on the racism and misogyny inherent in Hollywood's depiction of the American West among many other targets. Nominated for three Academy Awards. Set in the fictional frontier town of Rock Ridge shot on location in California. 5 x 4 inches. Near Fine. National Film Registry. N.p. unknown books
1954ref. 150809N.p.: N.p. 1954. Treatment script for the 1955 film. Bound in after the outline are several sets of character descriptions and continuity notes. Santa Fe's first female doctor Greer Garson wants to introduce modern medical technology to the town but encounters resistance both from the local hospital which is run by a Catholic priest Walter Hampden and from the town's only other doctor Dana Andrews. Set in Boston Massachusetts and Santa Fe New Mexico shot on location in Tucson the Sonoran Desert and the Sierrita Mountains Arizona. Green titled wrappers with credits for director Mervyn LeRoy. Title page present dated 4/13/54 noted as Story Outline with credits for director Mervyn LeRoy and screenwriter Frank Butler. 193 leaves with last page of text numbered 81. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Pitts 4148. N.p. unknown
1954ref. 150809N.p.: N.p. 1954. Treatment script for the 1955 film. Bound in after the outline are several sets of character descriptions and continuity notes. Santa Fe's first female doctor Greer Garson wants to introduce modern medical technology to the town but encounters resistance both from the local hospital which is run by a Catholic priest Walter Hampden and from the town's only other doctor Dana Andrews. Set in Boston Massachusetts and Santa Fe New Mexico shot on location in Tucson the Sonoran Desert and the Sierrita Mountains Arizona. Green titled wrappers with credits for director Mervyn LeRoy. Title page present dated 4/13/54 noted as Story Outline with credits for director Mervyn LeRoy and screenwriter Frank Butler. 193 leaves with last page of text numbered 81. Mimeograph duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Very Good plus bound with two gold brads. Pitts 4148. N.p. unknown books
1992ref. 167496Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1992. Revised Draft script for the 1993 film. Based on the 1992 novel by Michael Crichton. Sean Connery and Wesley Snipes star as two LAPD detectives called in to assist in an investigation of the murder of a call girl in a boardroom of a large Japanese company and act as a liason between the Japanese executives and the investigating officer played by Harvey Keitel. Set in and shot on location in Los Angeles. Yellow titled wrappers dated April 21 1992. Title page present dated April 21 1992 noted as REVISED with credits for screenwriter Philip Kaufman and author Michael Crichton. 132 leaves with last page of text numbered 131. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown
1992ref. 167496Los Angeles: Twentieth Century-Fox 1992. Revised Draft script for the 1993 film. Based on the 1992 novel by Michael Crichton. Sean Connery and Wesley Snipes star as two LAPD detectives called in to assist in an investigation of the murder of a call girl in a boardroom of a large Japanese company and act as a liason between the Japanese executives and the investigating officer played by Harvey Keitel. Set in and shot on location in Los Angeles. Yellow titled wrappers dated April 21 1992. Title page present dated April 21 1992 noted as REVISED with credits for screenwriter Philip Kaufman and author Michael Crichton. 132 leaves with last page of text numbered 131. Xerographic duplication rectos only. Pages Near Fine wrapper Near Fine bound with two gold brads. Twentieth Century-Fox unknown books
1974ref. 149391Paris: Viaduc Productions 1974. Vintage oversize borderless reference photograph from the 1974 film showing actress Jane Birkin in a plaid miniskirt but no top freezing in an unheated Paris apartment. With manuscript annotations regarding layout on the verso along with a mimeo snipe a provenance stamp and a stamp dated 4 OCT 1973. A dark comedy following a shy bank employee who falls under the sway of a cynical misogynistic novelist. Set and shot on location in Paris. 8 x 11.75 inches. Very Good plus overall. Viaduc Productions unknown
1974ref. 149391Paris: Viaduc Productions 1974. Vintage oversize borderless reference photograph from the 1974 film showing actress Jane Birkin in a plaid miniskirt but no top freezing in an unheated Paris apartment. With manuscript annotations regarding layout on the verso along with a mimeo snipe a provenance stamp and a stamp dated 4 OCT 1973. A dark comedy following a shy bank employee who falls under the sway of a cynical misogynistic novelist. Set and shot on location in Paris. 8 x 11.75 inches. Very Good plus overall. Viaduc Productions unknown books
1948ref. 160687London: The Rank Organization 1948. Five vintage reference photographs from the 1948 British film showing the film's famous and impressionistic "ballet sequence." Three with printed mimeo snipes affixed to the versos and all five with stamps of The Rank Organisation on the versos. Loosely based on the 1845 fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen following an up-and-coming prima ballerina whose personal life is strained by her ballet master's obsessive demand that she devote herself entirely to her career. Michael Powell's tenth collaboration with his longtime partner Emeric Pressburger a critical success and worthy successor to their 1947 Technicolor classic "Black Narcissus." Nominated for five Academy Awards winning two. 9.5 x 8 inches. Near Fine to Very Good plus some with light toning. Criterion Collection 44. Ebert III. Rosenbaum 1000. Schrader 41. The Rank Organization unknown
1948ref. 160687London: The Rank Organization 1948. Five vintage reference photographs from the 1948 British film showing the film's famous and impressionistic "ballet sequence." Three with printed mimeo snipes affixed to the versos and all five with stamps of The Rank Organisation on the versos. Loosely based on the 1845 fairy tale by Hans Christian Andersen following an up-and-coming prima ballerina whose personal life is strained by her ballet master's obsessive demand that she devote herself entirely to her career. Michael Powell's tenth collaboration with his longtime partner Emeric Pressburger a critical success and worthy successor to their 1947 Technicolor classic "Black Narcissus." Nominated for five Academy Awards winning two. 9.5 x 8 inches. Near Fine to Very Good plus some with light toning. Criterion Collection 44. Ebert III. Rosenbaum 1000. Schrader 41. The Rank Organization unknown books
1966ref. 150834N.p.: N.p. 1966. Vintage borderless double weight photograph of Michelangelo Antonioni on the set of the 1966 film with provenance stamp of film scholar and author "J. P. Berthome" on verso. Inspired by the 1959 short story "Las Babas del Diablo" by Julio Cortazar. Michelangelo Antonioni's first English-language film marking the beginning of the final phase of his work co-produced by companies in Italy the United States and the United Kingdom and featuring an international cast. The director's brash use of color set design non-standard editing techniques and typical emphasis of atmosphere over plot would carry over into the two major films that followed "Zabriskie Point" 1970 and "The Passenger" 1975. In his 2009 essay on the film Danny Lyon notes "It is apt that through his established style Antonioni made a movie that is perhaps closest to communicating the myth of the swinging Sixties scene but also the confusion of the time. . Britain's new and very chaotic cultural revolution was perhaps most effectively captured by an Italian." Winner of the Palme d'Or. Nominated for two Academy Awards for Best Director and Best Screenplay. 10 x 8 inches. Light edgewear and creasing in far corners else Near Fine. Criterion Collection 865. Ebert I. Grant UK/Italy. N.p. unknown
1966ref. 150834N.p.: N.p. 1966. Vintage borderless double weight photograph of Michelangelo Antonioni on the set of the 1966 film with provenance stamp of film scholar and author "J. P. Berthome" on verso. Inspired by the 1959 short story "Las Babas del Diablo" by Julio Cortazar. Michelangelo Antonioni's first English-language film marking the beginning of the final phase of his work co-produced by companies in Italy the United States and the United Kingdom and featuring an international cast. The director's brash use of color set design non-standard editing techniques and typical emphasis of atmosphere over plot would carry over into the two major films that followed "Zabriskie Point" 1970 and "The Passenger" 1975. In his 2009 essay on the film Danny Lyon notes "It is apt that through his established style Antonioni made a movie that is perhaps closest to communicating the myth of the swinging Sixties scene but also the confusion of the time. . Britain's new and very chaotic cultural revolution was perhaps most effectively captured by an Italian." Winner of the Palme d'Or. Nominated for two Academy Awards for Best Director and Best Screenplay. 10 x 8 inches. Light edgewear and creasing in far corners else Near Fine. Criterion Collection 865. Ebert I. Grant UK/Italy. N.p. unknown books
1975ref. 160516N.p.: N.p. 1975. Vintage borderless double weight reference photograph of director Michelangelo Antonioni talking with actors Jack Nicholson and Maria Schneider on the set of the 1975 Italian film. Annotations in manuscript ink on the verso relating to cropping as well as the stamp of Cinema International in London. A cynical war correspondent in northern Africa assumes the identity of a deceased arms dealer to gain information for his documentary. Antonioni's final film in a three picture contract with Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer following "Blowup" 1966 and "Zabriskie Point" 1970. Set in Chad shot on location in Germany Spain and England. 10 x 8 inches. Near Fine. Rosenbaum 1000. N.p. unknown books
1965ref. 150399N.p.: N.p. 1965. Vintage borderless photograph of director Michelangelo Antonioni filming a scene with actress Soraya on the set of the 1965 Italian film. With a printed mimeo snipe specific to the film's German release affixed to the verso. An anthology film with three short episodes following the experiences of various women all played by Soraya directed by Antonioni Mauro Bolognini and Franco Indovina. Antonioni's contribution "Il Provino" "The Preface" features Soraya as a former Iranian princess turned actress posing for a screen test. Shot on location in Sardinia and Lazio Italy and Athens Greece. 9.5 x 7.25 inches. Very Good plus overall. N.p. unknown books
1971ref. 157102Universal City: Universal Pictures 1971. Six vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1971 film. Printed mimeo snipes affixed to the versos and several with Rank Organization stamps. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Milo Forman's first film made in the US. A suburban couple return home one evening to find their teenage daughter has run away. While out looking for their daughter they come across other parents whose children are missing and form a self-help group only to discover they feel happier and freer with the children gone. Set and shot on location in New York City. 9 x 7.25 inches. Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown
1971ref. 157102Universal City: Universal Pictures 1971. Six vintage borderless reference photographs from the 1971 film. Printed mimeo snipes affixed to the versos and several with Rank Organization stamps. From the archive of film historian and author Joel Finler. Milo Forman's first film made in the US. A suburban couple return home one evening to find their teenage daughter has run away. While out looking for their daughter they come across other parents whose children are missing and form a self-help group only to discover they feel happier and freer with the children gone. Set and shot on location in New York City. 9 x 7.25 inches. Near Fine. Universal Pictures unknown books
